This combo picture shows lacquerwares unearthed from the Wuwangdun tomb discovered in Huainan, east China\’s Anhui Province. (Anhui provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute/Handout
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Over 1,600-year-old family cemetery found in central China\’s Henan
ZHENGZHOU, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Three tombs belonging to a family of high social status, dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420), have recently been discovered in Mengjin District of Luoyang
Over 2,000-year-old trench-enclosed tombs discovered in Inner Mongolia
HOHHOT, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese archaeologists have discovered a large group of ancient trench-enclosed tombs dating back to the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) in north China\’s Inner Mongolia
Millennium-old battlefield site discovered in China\’s Hebei
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists have discovered an ancient battlefield dating back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589) at the Yecheng historic site in north China\’s Hebei
New finds in China\’s Guizhou indicate prehistoric human activity over 55,000 years ago
GUIYANG, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China\’s Guizhou Province, indicating prehistor
Archaeologists report discovery of China\’s earliest noble graveyard in Zhengzhou
ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese archaeologists have discovered the country\’s earliest known noble tomb complex in the ruins of a city from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) in today\’s Zhengzho
Archaeologists find ancient tombs, house foundations in northeast China
SHENYANG, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists have unearthed 10 tombs and the foundations of eight houses dating back to a period spanning from the Wei Kingdom (220-265) to the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in
Centuries-old relics found in northeast China
CHANGCHUN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists in northeast China\’s Jilin Province have released details of their latest findings at a relics site that dates back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
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Xi calls for new progress in the governance of Sichuan on his inspection tour of the province
CHENGDU, Sichuan/HANZHONG, Shaanxi, July 30 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Co
Over 1,000-yr-old cave tombs found in east China
JINAN, July 5 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists have excavated a collection of 88 tombs, including 34 cave tombs made of earth dating back over 1,000 years, at a cemetery in the city of Yantai in east China\’